Correspondence 0001575872-23-001265 from EPWK Holdings Ltd. (EPWK, EPWKF) (CIK 0001900720) (EPWK)
EPWK Holdings Ltd. (EPWK, EPWKF) (CIK 0001900720)
Date: Aug. 1, 2023 · CIK: 0001900720 · Accession: 0001575872-23-001265
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File numbers found in text: 333-269657
Referenced dates: July 17, 2023
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August
1, 2023
Aamira
Chaudhry
United
States Securities and Exchange Commission
Division
of Corporate Finance
100
F. Street, N.E.
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Re:
EPWK Holdings Ltd.
Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form
F-1 Filed June 29, 2023
File No. 333-269657
Dear
Ms. Chaudhry,
EPWK
Holdings Ltd. (the “Company”) submit this letter in response to comments from the staff (the “Staff”)
of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) contained in its letter dated July 17, 2023, relating
to the above referenced Registration Statement on Form S-1 (“Registration Statement”). The Company is concurrently
submitting an amendment to the Registration Statement (the “Amendment No. 3”).
For
the Staff’s convenience, the Staff’s comments have been stated below in their entirety in bold, followed by the corresponding
responses from the Company. Except for any page references appearing in the headings or the Staff’s comments (which are references
to the Registration Statement), all page references herein correspond to the page of the Amendment No. 3. Capitalized terms used
but not defined in this letter have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Amendment No. 3.
Amendment
No. 2 to Registration Statement on Form F-1 Filed June 29, 2023
Trusted
Platform for Buyers and Sellers, page 3
1.
We note
your amended disclosure in response to comment 2. Please revise your disclosure to include:
●
a description
of fees and related pricing for Wukong SDK; and
●
a description of the payment
terms and rates as disclosed in Article 5 of the Xiamen International Bank Co., Ltd. Service Agreement.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and have added the requested disclosure on page 3 of the Amendment No. 3.
Related
Party Transactions, page 141
2.
We note
your response to comment 8 and we reissue it. We note your disclosure here is as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022. Please revise
this disclosure to reflect information that is up to the date of the prospectus. Refer to Item 4.a. of Form F-1 and Item 7.B. of
Form 20-F.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and respectfully state that Regulation S-X 4-08(k)(1) requires that “Amounts of related party transactions
should be stated on the face of the balance sheet, statement of comprehensive income, or statement of cash flows”. ASC 850 provides
that related party disclosures shall include “A description of the transactions, including transactions to which no amounts or
nominal amounts were ascribed, for each of the periods for which income statements are presented, and such other information deemed necessary
to an understanding of the effects of the transactions on the financial statements.” We believe our current disclosures of the
related party transactions as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2022 are consistent with the amounts of related party transactions stated
on the face of the balance sheet, statement of comprehensive income, or statement of cash flows, as well as the periods for which income
statements are presented. We will update the disclosures of the related party transactions simultaneously with any updates of our financial
statements.
Interim
Period Financial Statements
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Basis
for Review Results, page F-2
3.
The wording
herein is in the context of an audit. Please revise to be in the context of a review. Refer to AS 4105.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and have added the requested disclosure on page F-2 of the Amendment No. 3.
Annual
Financial Statements
Notes
to Financial Statements
Note
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(m)
Revenue Recognition, page F-50
4.
We note
the new risk factor on page 30 in which you state that you provide one-year free technical after-sales maintenance service. Please
explain to us and disclose how the transaction price is allocated to this performance obligation and when and how it is recognized
as revenue. Refer to the section on allocating the transaction price to performance obligations within ASC 610-10 beginning in 606-10-32-28.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and have updated on page 30 of the Amendment No. 3. In the Company’s case, the one-year free technical
after-sales maintenance service is provided to ensure that the Company’s products meet the agreed-upon specifications and to address
any technical issues that may arise during the warranty period. This service is not an additional service that the customer has the option
to purchase separately. A warranty that provides a customer with assurance that the delivered product is as specified in the contract
is not a separate performance obligation. This service should be considered a warranty rather than a separate service contract, and therefore,
it is not a separate performance obligation. As a result, we do not allocate a portion of the transaction price to the one-year free
technical after-sales maintenance service as a separate performance obligation. Instead, we recognize the entire transaction price as
revenue when control of the product is transferred to the customer. It is important to note that the one-year warranty has not historically resulted in significant expenses for the
company; as a matter of fact, the associated warranty expenses
have been consistently immaterial since the start of our software development operations. As a result, we find it appropriate not to accrue
a reserve for product warranty claims.
Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
23.1, page II-4
5.
Please provide
a consent from your independent accounting firm for the use of its audit report that refers to the proper filing, for example, the
appropriate amendment number, and refers to each date associated with the report, for example, "Note 2(y), as to which the date
is June 22, 2023." Additionally, provide an acknowledgement letter from your independent accounting firm for the use of its
review report.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and have added a consent from our independent accounting firm for the use of its audit report that refers
to the proper filing and also provided the acknowledgement letter from the auditor for the use of its review report.
Exhibit
Index
Exhibit
5.1, page II-4
6.
We
note the amended opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 in response to comment 12 and we reissue it in part. The opinion regarding the warrants
must be rendered under the law of the jurisdiction governing the warrants which, in this case, is New York, however Exhibit 5.1 is
limited to the laws of the Cayman Islands; please revise. Refer to Staff Legal Bulletin No. 19 for additional information.
Response: We
note the Staff’s comment and will file opinion of VCL Law LLP regarding the enforceability of the warrants as Exhibit 5.2 once
the offering terms are determined.
We
thank the Staff for its review of the foregoing. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please do not hesitate to contact Fang
Liu at VCL Law LLP at fliu@vcllegal.com or by telephone at (703) 919-7285.
Very
truly yours,
/s/ Guohua
Huang
Guohua Huang
EPWK Holdings Ltd., Chief
Executive Officer
cc:
Fang Liu Esq., VCL Law LLP